Category Archives: Local News
Barry Weakens To Tropical Storm
(AP) - Carrying "off the chart" amounts of moisture, Barry crawled ashore Saturday in Louisiana and quickly weakened to a tropical storm that promised to dump heavy rains that could last for days and ...
Jul 13, 2019 AP Photo/Matthew Hinton
Simona Halep Wins Women's Wimbledon Final
(AP) - Simona Halep was not focused on trying to prevent Serena Williams from winning a 24th Grand Slam title. All Halep cared about was winning Wimbledon for the first time. Pretty much perfect from ...
Jul 13, 2019 AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth
Robert Mueller Testimony Delayed Until July 24
(AP) - Special counsel Robert Mueller's testimony to Congress has been delayed until July 24 under an agreement that gives lawmakers more time to question him. Mueller had been scheduled to testify Ju...
Jul 13, 2019 AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
Schermerhorn Due To Be Boys Basketball Coach At Washington
The Washington High School District 308 Board of Education is expected to vote on the hiring of Eric Schermerhorn as head boys basketball coach. The action item is included in the agenda for Monday's ...
Jul 13, 2019
Zion Coffee Opening A Second Location
A popular coffee hot spot in the Peoria Warehouse District is opening a second location. Zion Coffee will be bringing a unique experience to the developing Peoria Heights area. Although, a new name wi...
Jul 12, 2019
Police Inviting Neighborhoods To Peoria's Annual Night Out Against Crime
The Peoria Police Department is inviting neighborhoods throughout the city on Tuesday August 6 to join the 36th Annual National Night Out Against Crime (NNO), sponsored by the National Association of ...
Jul 12, 2019
Online Unemployment Benefits Glitch Fixed
(AP) - Illinois officials have fixed the problem with the unemployment benefits program that delayed checks to about 29,000 claimants. The Illinois Departments of Employment Security and Innovation an...
Jul 12, 2019 Midwest Communications, Inc.
70-Year-Old Man Killed In Friday Morning Crash
A two vehicle accident in Peoria County claimed one life. The crash occurred around 8:49 a.m. Friday on the Princeville-Jubilee blacktop at Chase Lane just north of Grange Hall Road. The victim, a 70-...
Jul 12, 2019
Man Attempts To Set Record For Sitting On A Toilet
(Reuters) - A Belgian man sat on a toilet for nearly five days this week in a bid to set a world record. Jimmy De Frenne, a 48-year old who is learning to be a bus driver, set himself a challenge of s...
Jul 12, 2019 REUTERS/Johanna Geron
Labor Secretary Acosta To Resign
(AP) - President Donald Trump says Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta is stepping down following criticism of his handling of a plea deal with a wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein, who is accused of sexu...
Jul 12, 2019 AP Photo/Alex Brandon
